I have bad news for those who think we live in a computer simulation.
First, you can only play on hard mode. Second, there is no way of saving. Third,
there are many bosses in this world. And here's one of them.
First, an ultra-difficult riddle. Guess which hand is holding the chicken.
The left one? Or the right one? Well? Which is it?
Actually, none of you can answer this question correctly. But the scientists did.
But first, a short trip into the past. Do you know tyrannosaurs? Well, who doesn't! Huge, predatory,
bloodthirsty monsters, ready to devour all living things in their way! Despite their popularity,
tyrannosaurs are not studied so well - only in 2007, we’ve been able to examine
a well-preserved protein from a lizard bone, and this brought unexpected results. Chemical
analysis of the T-rex suggests that the king of dinosaurs bears the closest similarity to...
a modern chicken. This is definitely not the lineage one would expect from
a bloodthirsty monster, but the facts speak for themselves. Tyrannosaurs are, in a way,
chickens. Chickens are, in a way, tyrannosaurs. You've been eating dinosaurs all your life!
Actually, if you get to know chickens better, it becomes clear they inherited
quite a lot from their distant ancestors. Yes, they don’t look like aggressive killers, but
their instincts can still kick in. All it takes is a snake nearby. Chickens are usually scared
of predators and that’s understandable. Too many creatures on our planet pose a danger to them...
It’s different when it comes to snakes though: as soon as a chicken detects something that looks
like a snake, the whole flock comes on alert and attacks right away. And it doesn't matter whether
the poor reptile was going to have chicken eggs or chicks for lunch or just crawled by. If the snake
is small, it simply stands no chance. Chickens are so determined they can even chase a fleeing enemy.
Not to mention the roosters, which can even peck king cobra to death! The fact that reptiles have
venom doesn’t bother them AT ALL. They press the snake down with their legs, deliver quick blows,
lift it into the air... Meanwhile, there’s little snakes can do - the roosters simply
dodge their attacks. Honey badgers? Ha. If chickens were immune to venom, they would have
stolen their title as coolest animals. I wonder if they got this ability from dinosaurs too?
Okay, I agree, it's quite difficult to imagine an agile T-rex. But chickens,
in fact, are quite good hunters. Both chicks and adults love chasing insects,
pulling them out of the ground, catching them in flight to have a snack... Moreover,
chickens are believed to be better at catching and killing mice than cats.
That’s why there are no mice in chicken coops - none of them wants to meet a REAL PREDATOR.
Knowing this information, you begin to think that "Tom and Jerry" should have looked very different.
I'm beginning to suspect the humans who domesticated chickens weren't thinking about
unlimited eggs. Seriously, it's like deciding to breed rattlesnakes because they make cool noise,
some point, they discovered that chicken bones can be used as needles for sewing and tattoos,
and other parts of the animal could serve for medical purposes. The ancient Romans
had lists of dozens of ways you could use the chicken to cure everything - from bed-wetting
to insomnia. Maybe some chicken invented broth one day by simply falling into a cauldron...
By the way, have you ever wondered why, of all birds, people have been especially active in
domesticating chickens? I mean, why didn’t they pick penguins? Or eagles? Or finches? Turns
out our distant ancestors had no qualms about domesticating even the most menacing creatures.
Perhaps it was something like an experiment, a trial and error method... From 6000 to 18000 years
ago, ancient people may have bred CASSOWARIES. I mentioned these birds in my previous videos,
but if you haven't seen them... make sure you do. In the meantime, here's a short summary: these
creatures are considered the MOST DANGEROUS BIRDS IN THE WORLD. These are not chickens, they are not
easy to tame or even just live around. Cassowaries are fierce, ill-tempered, aggressive; they are
one of the few birds known to have ever killed a human. Claws up to 5-inch long, roughly as tall as
an average horse or even taller... No wonder our ancestors decided to switch to chickens.
They are definitely safer than cassowaries. But this doesn’t mean chickens can’t do you any
harm. A whole gang of roosters is terrorizing the Queens district. I'm not exaggerating:
aggressive birds attack people without any reason or warning.
They target children and adults no matter what you were doing - maybe just planning to get on
the bus and calmly go about your business? Too late. Roosters ALREADY saw an enemy in you. Run.
Though this will hardly help you - as I said, chickens hunt mice and attack venomous snakes.
Human is too easy a target for them. Roosters scratch and peck people till they start bleeding,
and no one can fight back... In any case, until the police or Peter Griffin got down to business.
Well, you know how it will end... But it's all so... weird. Chickens and
roosters that pose a threat to humans... Perhaps if you grew up in the countryside, this doesn’t
surprise you a bit. I'm not used to this, so I decided to see what weapons these birds have...
Chickens. Can. Grow. Teeth. Listen, are you sure about that? Won’t it be like
with the colobuses in that video about albinos...? Okay then. So, their genes still store records
of teeth, and I’m talking about fangs located along the edges of the beak.
Like alligator teeth, only in the mouth of a chicken. Creepy... Actually,
if you activate a mutation, the gene will turn on and we will get a chicken with teeth.
This is exactly what we needed to add to other problems of a planetary scale!
You want more frightening facts? Rooster spurs are the same thing as rhino horns.
Well, they are smaller and located in a different spot... Nevertheless, spurs are
a formidable weapon that can hurt or even kill. They are covered with a hard layer of keratin,
that is, the same stuff that makes up rhino horns. Like rhino horns, spurs are used for protection
against predators and fighting for females. So, roosters... are in some way... rhinos?
- Guys, wait, you forgot about me! Guuuys!
Small rhino horns on their legs, the ability to grow teeth, tyrannosaurs as ancestors...
Given all these characteristics, I'm no longer surprised HOW TOUGH the roosters could be. What?
Did some rooster fend off a hawk to protect the coop? Pfft, why not! The battle was epic though.
Both birds almost died, but the rooster prevailed - as a bonus, he earned the name Cluck Norris.
All this, of course, is quite interesting, but
there is still one question that bothers me a lot... Why does eating chicken wings
make your stomach burn?.. Okay, it was a rhetorical question.
We live in the age of chicken. I'm not kidding: up to 65 BILLION chickens are consumed on the
planet every year and there are about 23 billion chickens on Earth at any given time.
This is about ten times more than any other bird.
That’s 40 times the number of sparrows! Live chickens can be found on all continents,
except, of course, Antarctica – there, they only come in a frozen form. Well, or as croquettes.
Given these incredible figures, most of the bones to be discovered by future archaeologists will be
chicken bones. Yes, we could dig up and study the bones of dinosaurs, mammoths, ancient humans...
But the chicken will destroy all scientists' ideas of diversity. Imagine their surprise...
- Damn, the same bone again! Steve, we got the wrong address!
This is not Earth, that’s KFC planet! Yes, chickens can really be tough fighters,
troublemakers, real predators... And yet for us, they are just a source of meat. How did it happen?
Seems like chickens were domesticated about 8000 years ago and gradually became larger. According
to different estimates, today's broiler chickens weigh five times their wild ancestors already
at five to nine weeks of age. This is due to a genetic mutation that causes birds to eat a lot
and gain weight quickly. Due to this, the bones of broiler chickens change, and the birds can only
survive with the support of human technology. Do you get what this means? I'm not going to
talk about ethics and other related things now, but one thing is clear: